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No 333,988. Patented Jan. 12, 1886.

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COTTON H. ALLEN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,988, dated January 12,1886,

Application filed May 4, 1885. Serial No. 164,367. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

I Be it known that I, COTTON H. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hames, of which the following is a specification. 1

My invention relates to the draft-staple, the breaststrap ring, and a clip-guard for hames, and has for its object to so construct and apply the several parts as to carry the breaststrap ring away from the rim of the collar, so as to prevent wear of the latter, to give to the breast-strap ring play in various directiens, and also to prevent the trace-clip from rubbing against and thus wearing the horsecollar at the same time that the breast-strap ring is carried away from the rim of the collar; and to the accomplishment of those several ends the invention consists in the several parts hereinafter particularly described, and specified in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a collar and hame and part of a trace with my improvement applied. Fig. 2 is a cross-section through a hame provided with my improvements, the collar being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a front elevation with parts broken away, showing also by full and dotted lines the breast-strap ring in two positions.

In the drawings, the letter A designates a collar, and B a hame, which may be of any approved construction. To the hame is secured the draft-staple O, by passing the ends of the staple through the hame and either riveting the ends or applying nuts thereto, as preferred. With the staple there engages the clip D of the trace E in the usual way. In order to prevent the clip from bearing against and rubbing, and thus wearing the collar, a plate or guard, F, of any suitable form, is interposed between the collar and clip, the guard being hinged or confined in proper position by the draft-staple in any suitable way to adjust oraccommodate itself to the varying thicknesses of collars. The novel manner in which I prefer to hinge the guard is to form pintles a on opposite edges of the guard and fit them into sockets b, formed on or in the draft-staple. I enlarge the staple at the points where the sockets are formed, as shown, but such enlargement is not essential. By thus constructing the two parts a very strong hinged connection between them is effected, and the guard can be placed at a distance from the edge of the hame, so as to have more freedom of movement.

The breast-strap ring G is passed through an eye at one end of the guard F, so that the ring will be moved with the guard. The pressure of the trace-clip on the guard throws the latter inwardly, so that its opposite end, carrying the breast-strap ring, will be thrown outwardly, thus carrying the ring away from the rim of the collar and preventing wear on the collar. In order that the ring may have playin several directions, I form the eye H at the end of the guard, so that it will set obliquely to the face of the guard, as shown, and to give it greater freedom in its play I bevel the inner walls of the eye from the two sides inwardly. In this way I am enabled to give the ring such play that it can turn so as to assume either one of two positions substantially at right angles to each other in the two extreme movements of the ring. The ring is thus given practically a universal movement or play, so that the ring and plate are relieved of lateral strain, and other advantages of such a movement are obtained.

I have illustrated and described what I consider the best construction for effecting the several results specified; but my invention is not in its scope restricted to the details of construction, as there may be departures from them, whereby the same results, or substantially the same, may be obtained by substantially the same means.

The draft-staple, guard, and breast-strap ring may be made and sold without the hame and applied to the latter by the purchaser.

The parts are simple, cheap of manufacture, strong and durable in use, and efficient for purposes intended.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination, with a hame, of a hinged guard-plate having at its end an eye set obliquely to its face and a ring connected to the plate by said eye, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a hame, of a draft-staple and a plate hinged between its In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in 10 ends,and provided at its outer end with an atpresence of two Witnesses.

tached breast-strap ring which moves with the plate when the latter is swung on its hinge, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a draft-staple, a guard or plate hinged to said staple, and a breaststrap ring connected to said guard or plate to move therewith, substantially as described.

' COTTON H. ALLEN.

Witnesses:

EDWIN O. S. HUNT, STEPHEN SULLIVAN. 

